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CUYAHO. <br />I...GA <br />COUNTY <br />BOARD <br />O <br />F <br />HE <br />.... -1.1.1'.. <br />ALTH <br />YOUR TRUSTED SOURCE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATION <br />September 23, 2016 <br />Mayor Kevin M. Kennedy <br />City of North Olmsted <br />5200 Dover Center Rd <br />North Olmsted, OH 44070 <br />Dear Mayor Kennedy: <br />Enclosed please find the 2017 contract for public health services provided by the <br />Cuyahoga County Board of Health (CCBH). Also enclosed you'll find our semi-annual <br />statistical report for services provided to your community and a list of our programs and <br />services offered to citizens in the health district. <br />Chapter 3709 of the Ohio Revised Code stipulates that each city in the State of <br />Ohio "...must provide health services either through a city health district or by a valid <br />contract or union with the county health district or an adjacent city health district." The <br />Director of the Ohio Department of Health certifies this provision of health services <br />annually. To remain certified, the contract needs to be approved by your Council and <br />returned to the Cuyahoga County Board of Health by December 31, 2016. <br />The Board of Health public health service contracts our based on a per capita <br />population rate. For the last three years (2014, 2015, and 2016) our per capita rate <br />remained the same, at $3.92. For 2017 our per capita rate will be $4.12 per capita, <br />which is a 5% increase. This contract represents your total cost for public health <br />services and stills stands among the lowest rates among health districts in the State of <br />Ohio. <br />We have always worked diligently to diversify our funding streams to meet the <br />public health needs of the community while controlling costs to the cities, villages and <br />townships we serve. Approximately half of our budget is supported by federal, state <br />and local grants and contracts. These additional funding sources substantially increase <br />the scope of our services to the citizens of your community and keep direct costs to our <br />communities down. <br />The Cuyahoga County Board of Health works with our contract communities on a <br />wide range of public health issues that impact your citizens. Examples of recent <br />activities include the following: <br />We convene a countywide taskforce that is working to address the alarming rise <br />in the misuse of opiate prescription drugs and the corresponding and alarming rise in <br />overdoses and deaths related to prescription opiates, heroin, fentanyl and recently <br />5550 Venture Drive ♦ Parma, Ohio 44130 <br />Direct: 216-201-2000 ♦ Fax: 216-676-1311 ♦ TTY: 216-676-1313 ♦ www.ccbh.net <br />Terrence M. Allan, R.S., M.P.H. Health Commissioner <br />